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Ian d786298e2c Build the machine-wide binaries only with the machine-wide feature 2026-10-22 17:35:32 -04:00
ian-at-strix 8d781f3f98 Show a popup when pausing or resuming screening fails (#54)
The service now answers Pause and Continue only after rewriting the hosts
file, returning the write's error so the tray's ControlService call fails
and shows it. The tray's popup includes the error's source, which
windows-service's own message hides.
2026-10-22 17:33:56 -04:00
ian-at-strix e521cbdefa Show a popup when a package is blocked (#18) 2026-10-22 16:58:13 -04:00
ian-at-strix 674f3bdcd3 Build the macOS app for Intel Macs too (#60) 2026-10-22 16:48:01 -04:00
ian-at-strix 2df02bf23f Restart the Windows service from the tray, to reload the config (#59) 2026-10-22 16:40:49 -04:00
ian-at-strix a3e5ab1802 Start the tray when the install finishes (#15)
The MSI's exit dialog starts it from the unelevated UI process, so it runs
as the signed-in user.
2026-10-22 16:28:09 -04:00
ian-at-strix da750007fc Show screening status in the Windows notification area (#14)
* Show screening status in the Windows notification area

firewall-tray.exe shows a tray icon: whether the service is screening,
paused or not running, with Pause/Resume and Open log. The MSI
starts it at every sign-in and closes it before replacing or removing it.

The icon is the Strix logo, white on a dark taskbar and black on a light
one like the macOS template image, and dimmed when not screening.
tray.png is assets/logo-transparent.png scaled and padded to 32x32:
sips -Z 32 logo-transparent.png --out a.png && sips -p 32 32 a.png --out tray.png

* Open the folder of dated service logs from the tray
2026-10-22 16:28:08 -04:00
ian-at-strix d9de2a8a94 Install machine-wide screening on Windows with an MSI (#11)
The MSI installs both binaries, registers and starts the service with a
DACL that lets interactive users start, stop and pause it, restarts it on
failure, and sets NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS and UV_SYSTEM_CERTS. Removing it runs
`firewall-service.exe uninstall` once the service is deleted, which clears
the hosts entries and removes the CA, its TPM key and the data folder but
the config.
2026-10-22 16:28:08 -04:00
ian-at-strix b3f47664df Forward plain-HTTP upstreams as asked (#1)
The wrapper's forward proxy upgraded every request to HTTPS and rewrote
links in index responses. Only an HTTPS registry is downgraded to reach
us, so only that should be upgraded back and rewritten; anything else
now goes out exactly as the client sent it, port included.
2026-10-22 16:11:31 -04:00
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@@ -38,14 +38,17 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
[[bin]]
name = "firewall-service"
path = "src/bin/firewall-service.rs"
required-features = ["machine-wide"]
[[bin]]
name = "firewall-tray"
path = "src/bin/firewall-tray.rs"
required-features = ["machine-wide"]
[[bin]]
name = "firewall-uninstall"
path = "src/bin/firewall-uninstall.rs"
required-features = ["machine-wide"]
[[example]]
name = "proxy-test"
@@ -87,6 +90,10 @@ path = "tests/tpm.rs"
name = "managers"
path = "tests/managers.rs"
[features]
# Builds the machine-wide binaries: the Windows service and tray, and the macOS uninstaller.
machine-wide = []
[dependencies]
clap = "4.6.6"
directories = "6.0.0"
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@@ -89,12 +89,16 @@ async fn handle(req: Request, firewall: &Firewall) -> Result<Response, Infallibl
}
info!(method = %req.method(), %url, "forwarding");
let index = firewall.is_index_url(&url);
// Only an HTTPS registry was downgraded to reach us, so only it is upgraded back and rewritten.
let tls = firewall.is_https_url(&url);
let index = tls && firewall.is_index_url(&url);
let (mut parts, body) = req.into_parts();
let Ok(uri) = url.parse() else {
return Ok(text(400, "firewall: expected an absolute URL\n"));
};
parts.uri = uri;
if tls {
let Ok(uri) = url.parse() else {
return Ok(text(400, "firewall: expected an absolute URL\n"));
};
parts.uri = uri;
}
let client = DecompressionLayer::new().into_layer(EasyHttpWebClient::default());
let response = match client.serve(Request::from_parts(parts, body)).await {
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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
use crate::policies::Package;
use serde::Serialize;
use std::sync::Mutex;
/// Bounded, so blocks pile up harmlessly while nothing collects them.
const KEPT: usize = 50;
static RECENT: Mutex<Vec<BlockedPackage>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
#[derive(Serialize)]
pub struct BlockedPackage {
pub eco: &'static str,
pub name: String,
pub version: Option<String>,
pub filter: &'static str,
pub reason: String,
}
pub fn record(eco: &'static str, pkg: &Package, filter: &'static str, reason: &str) {
let mut recent = RECENT.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
if recent.len() == KEPT {
recent.remove(0);
}
recent.push(BlockedPackage {
eco,
name: pkg.name.clone(),
version: pkg.version.clone(),
filter,
reason: reason.to_owned(),
});
}
/// Hands each block over once.
pub fn take() -> Vec<BlockedPackage> {
std::mem::take(&mut *RECENT.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner()))
}
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@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl Default for FirewallConfig {
FirewallConfig {
port: DEFAULT_PORT,
fail_open: true,
min_age_hours: 0,
min_age_hours: 24,
denylist: DenylistSource::default(),
allow: HashMap::new(),
telemetry: true,
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@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ impl Firewall {
self.config.hosts()
}
pub fn is_https_url(&self, url: &str) -> bool {
let host = host_of(url);
self.config.registries.iter().any(|r| r.upstream.starts_with("https://") && r.host() == host)
}
pub fn is_index_url(&self, url: &str) -> bool {
self.config.registries.iter().any(|r| r.index && r.host() == host_of(url))
}
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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
pub mod aliasing;
pub mod blocks;
pub mod config;
pub mod firewall;
pub mod http;
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod uninstall;
pub use uninstall::uninstall;
use crate::config::FirewallConfig;
use crate::{mitm, telemetry};
use crate::{blocks, mitm, telemetry};
use crate::Firewall;
use rama::bytes::Bytes;
use rama::error::BoxError;
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ impl TransparentProxyHandler for Handler {
let message = String::from_utf8_lossy(&message).into_owned();
Some(Bytes::from(match message.as_str() {
"ca" => self.ca.pem.clone(),
"blocks" => serde_json::to_string(&blocks::take()).expect("blocks serialize"),
other => format!("error: unknown message {other}"),
}))
}
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@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::time::Duration;
use tracing_appender::rolling::{RollingFileAppender, Rotation};
use windows::Win32::Foundation::ERROR_GEN_FAILURE;
use windows_service::service::*;
use windows_service::service_control_handler::{
self, ServiceControlHandlerResult, ServiceStatusHandle,
@@ -73,8 +74,12 @@ fn run_until_stopped() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
| ServiceControl::Shutdown
| ServiceControl::Pause
| ServiceControl::Continue => {
let _ = control_sender.send(control);
ServiceControlHandlerResult::NoError
// Answered once handled, so a failed pause fails the caller's ControlService.
let (reply, handled) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
let _ = control_sender.send((control, reply));
handled
.blocking_recv()
.unwrap_or(ServiceControlHandlerResult::NoError)
}
ServiceControl::Interrogate => ServiceControlHandlerResult::NoError,
_ => ServiceControlHandlerResult::NotImplemented,
@@ -89,16 +94,26 @@ fn run_until_stopped() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
}
};
// Only pausing removes our hosts entries; a stop or crash keeps them, failing closed.
while let Some(control) = control_receiver.recv().await {
while let Some((control, reply)) = control_receiver.recv().await {
let (hosts, state) = match control {
ServiceControl::Pause => (&[][..], ServiceState::Paused),
ServiceControl::Continue => (&hosts[..], ServiceState::Running),
_ => break,
};
match write_hosts_entries(hosts) {
Ok(()) => set_status(&status, state, false)?,
Err(error) => tracing::error!(%error, "could not rewrite the hosts file"),
}
let result = match write_hosts_entries(hosts) {
Ok(()) => {
set_status(&status, state, false)?;
ServiceControlHandlerResult::NoError
}
Err(error) => {
tracing::error!(%error, "could not rewrite the hosts file");
let code = error
.raw_os_error()
.map_or(ERROR_GEN_FAILURE.0, |code| code as u32);
ServiceControlHandlerResult::Other(code)
}
};
let _ = reply.send(result);
}
Ok::<_, BoxError>(())
});
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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
use super::*;
use muda::{Menu, MenuEvent, MenuItem, PredefinedMenuItem};
use std::io::Cursor;
use std::time::Duration;
use tray_icon::{Icon, MouseButtonState, TrayIcon, TrayIconBuilder, TrayIconEvent};
use windows::core::{w, PCWSTR};
use windows::Win32::Foundation::*;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use windows_service::service::{Service, ServiceAccess, ServiceState};
use windows_service::service_manager::{ServiceManager, ServiceManagerAccess};
const MENU_PAUSE: &str = "pause";
const MENU_RESTART: &str = "restart";
const MENU_LOG: &str = "log";
const MENU_QUIT: &str = "quit";
const LOGO: &[u8] = include_bytes!("tray.png");
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
&status,
&PredefinedMenuItem::separator(),
&pause,
&MenuItem::with_id(MENU_RESTART, "Restart", true, None),
&MenuItem::with_id(MENU_LOG, "Open logs", true, None),
&PredefinedMenuItem::separator(),
&MenuItem::with_id(MENU_QUIT, "Quit", true, None),
@@ -123,6 +126,11 @@ impl Tray {
|| Ok(open_service()?.resume().map(drop)?)
}
MENU_PAUSE => || Ok(open_service()?.start::<&str>(&[])?),
MENU_RESTART => {
// Off the UI thread, since stopping takes a while.
std::thread::spawn(|| restart().unwrap_or_else(show_error));
return;
}
MENU_LOG => {
let log = HSTRING::from(data_dir().as_path());
let none = PCWSTR::null();
@@ -131,13 +139,19 @@ impl Tray {
}
_ => return,
};
if let Err(error) = action() {
let text = HSTRING::from(error.to_string());
unsafe { MessageBoxW(None, &text, w!("Strix Firewall"), MB_ICONERROR) };
}
action().unwrap_or_else(show_error);
}
}
fn show_error(error: BoxError) {
let text = match error.source() {
Some(source) => format!("{error}: {source}"),
None => error.to_string(),
};
let text = HSTRING::from(text);
unsafe { MessageBoxW(None, &text, w!("Strix Firewall"), MB_ICONERROR) };
}
/// `None` when the service is not installed.
fn service_state() -> Option<ServiceState> {
let manager =
@@ -166,10 +180,28 @@ fn status_text(state: Option<ServiceState>) -> &'static str {
fn open_service() -> Result<Service, BoxError> {
let manager = ServiceManager::local_computer(None::<&str>, ServiceManagerAccess::CONNECT)?;
let access = ServiceAccess::START | ServiceAccess::PAUSE_CONTINUE;
let access = ServiceAccess::QUERY_STATUS
| ServiceAccess::START
| ServiceAccess::STOP
| ServiceAccess::PAUSE_CONTINUE;
Ok(manager.open_service(SERVICE_NAME, access)?)
}
/// Starting again re-reads the config.
fn restart() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
let service = open_service()?;
if service.query_status()?.current_state != ServiceState::Stopped {
service.stop()?;
}
for _ in 0..60 {
if service.query_status()?.current_state == ServiceState::Stopped {
return Ok(service.start::<&str>(&[])?);
}
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
}
Err("The service did not stop.".into())
}
/// The alpha channel of the RGBA logo, and its width.
fn logo_mask() -> Result<(Vec<u8>, u32), BoxError> {
let mut reader = png::Decoder::new(Cursor::new(LOGO)).read_info()?;
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@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ pub async fn screen(url: &str, firewall: &Firewall) -> Option<String> {
};
info!(eco = registry.eco, pkg = %pkg.label(), %url, "screening");
match consult(firewall, registry, &pkg).await {
Some((_, Verdict::Deny(reason))) => {
Some((filter, Verdict::Deny(reason))) => {
crate::blocks::record(registry.eco, &pkg, filter, &reason);
Some(format!("{} {reason}", pkg.label()))
}
Some((filter, Verdict::Unknown(e))) if !firewall.config.fail_open => {
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@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
use firewall::aliasing::forward::downgrade;
use firewall::http::https_url;
use firewall::Firewall;
use firewall::{aliasing, Firewall, FirewallConfig};
use rama::http::{Body, Request};
use std::io::{Read, Write};
use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
fn request(target: &str, host: Option<&str>) -> Request {
let mut builder = Request::builder().method("GET").uri(target);
@@ -35,6 +37,25 @@ fn requests_always_go_out_over_tls() {
assert_eq!(https_url(&request("/six", None)), None);
}
#[test]
fn a_plain_http_upstream_is_not_upgraded() {
let upstream = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind");
let addr = upstream.local_addr().expect("address");
std::thread::spawn(move || {
let (mut stream, _) = upstream.accept().expect("accept");
let _ = stream.read(&mut [0; 4096]);
let _ = stream.write_all(b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 2\r\n\r\nok");
});
let port = aliasing::spawn(0, FirewallConfig::default()).expect("spawn");
let mut proxy = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", port)).expect("connect");
let request = format!("GET http://{addr}/x HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {addr}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
proxy.write_all(request.as_bytes()).expect("write");
let mut response = String::new();
proxy.read_to_string(&mut response).expect("read");
assert!(response.starts_with("HTTP/1.1 200") && response.ends_with("ok"), "{response}");
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn downgrade_touches_known_hosts_in_text_only() {
let text = b"https://pypi.org/x https://example.com/y".to_vec();
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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ci = "github"
installers = ["shell", "powershell", "homebrew", "msi"]
# core/wix/main.wxs is edited to install the service.
allow-dirty = ["msi"]
features = ["machine-wide"]
tap = "usestrix/homebrew-tap"
publish-jobs = ["homebrew", "./publish-crates"]
targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
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@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
import AppKit
struct BlockedPackage: Codable, Hashable, Identifiable {
let eco: String
let name: String
let version: String?
let filter: String
let reason: String
var id: String { "\(eco)/\(name)@\(version ?? "")" }
var label: String { version.map { "\(name) \($0)" } ?? name }
/// The denylist and OSV only flag packages known to be malicious; the age check only holds back new ones.
var malicious: Bool { filter != "age" }
}
@MainActor
enum BlockAlert {
static func show(_ package: BlockedPackage) {
let alert = NSAlert()
alert.addButton(withTitle: "OK")
if package.malicious {
alert.alertStyle = .critical
alert.messageText = "Blocked a malicious package"
alert.informativeText = "\(package.label) (\(package.eco)) \(package.reason). Do not install it."
} else {
alert.messageText = "Held back a new package"
alert.informativeText = "\(package.label) (\(package.eco)) \(package.reason)."
}
NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
alert.runModal()
}
}
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@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ final class FirewallModel: NSObject, ObservableObject {
@Published private(set) var completed = false
@Published private(set) var removed = false
@Published private(set) var screening = false
@Published private(set) var blocked: [BlockedPackage] = []
private let logger = Logger(subsystem: FirewallIDs.appBundleID, category: "installer")
private var pendingRequest: (request: OSSystemExtensionRequest, continuation: CheckedContinuation<Void, Error>)?
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ final class FirewallModel: NSObject, ObservableObject {
await refresh()
if CommandLine.arguments.contains("--install") { await install() }
}
Task { await watchBlocks() }
}
// MARK: - Flows
@@ -199,6 +201,21 @@ final class FirewallModel: NSObject, ObservableObject {
if let url = URL(string: pane) { NSWorkspace.shared.open(url) }
}
/// The extension cannot message the app, so the app asks it for blocks.
private func watchBlocks() async {
while true {
if screening, let reply = try? await providerMessage("blocks"),
let packages = try? JSONDecoder().decode([BlockedPackage].self, from: Data(reply.utf8)) {
for package in packages where !blocked.contains(package) {
blocked.append(package)
BlockAlert.show(package)
}
blocked = Array(blocked.suffix(10))
}
try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 2_000_000_000)
}
}
private func stage(_ step: ReferenceWritableKeyPath<FirewallModel, StepStatus>,
running: String,
work: @MainActor () async throws -> String) async -> Bool {
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@@ -22,5 +22,20 @@ struct MenuBarView: View {
Task { await model.restart() }
}
.disabled(model.busy)
if !model.blocked.isEmpty {
Divider()
ForEach(model.blocked) { package in
if !package.malicious {
Menu("Held back \(package.label) (\(package.eco))") {
Text(package.reason)
}
} else {
Menu("Blocked \(package.label) (\(package.eco))") {
Text("Malicious: \(package.reason)")
}
}
}
}
}
}
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@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ build() {
echo "==> Building"
xcodegen generate >/dev/null
xcodebuild -project Firewall.xcodeproj -scheme StrixFirewall -configuration $CONFIGURATION \
-destination generic/platform=macOS \
-derivedDataPath build CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO \
CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="" CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS="" build >/dev/null
}
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ settings:
"CARGO_PROFILE[config=Debug]": debug
"LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[arch=arm64]": $(SRCROOT)/../core/target/aarch64-apple-darwin/$(CARGO_PROFILE)
"LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS[arch=x86_64]": $(SRCROOT)/../core/target/x86_64-apple-darwin/$(CARGO_PROFILE)
ARCHS: arm64
ARCHS: arm64 x86_64
"ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH[config=Debug]": "YES"
SWIFT_VERSION: "5.0"
DEVELOPMENT_TEAM: ${TEAM}
@@ -127,5 +127,13 @@ targets:
unset CC CXX CFLAGS CXXFLAGS
export SDKROOT="$(xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path)"
cd "$SRCROOT/../core"
cargo build --bin firewall-uninstall --target aarch64-apple-darwin $([ "$CONFIGURATION" = Debug ] || echo --release)
cp "target/aarch64-apple-darwin/$CARGO_PROFILE/firewall-uninstall" "$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$EXECUTABLE_FOLDER_PATH/"
bins=
for arch in $ARCHS; do
case $arch in
arm64|arm64e) triple=aarch64-apple-darwin ;;
x86_64) triple=x86_64-apple-darwin ;;
esac
cargo build --bin firewall-uninstall --features machine-wide --target $triple $([ "$CONFIGURATION" = Debug ] || echo --release)
bins="$bins target/$triple/$CARGO_PROFILE/firewall-uninstall"
done
lipo -create $bins -output "$TARGET_BUILD_DIR/$EXECUTABLE_FOLDER_PATH/firewall-uninstall"